Combination comb and brush



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COMBINATION COMB AND BRUSH Filed Dec. 12, 1951 4 2 SHEETS -SHEET 1 FIG. I.

INVENTOR. WILLIAM HERT'Z BERG- A 7'TOQIVEX5 Nov. 11, 1952 w HERTZBERG 2,617,432

' COMBINATION COME AND BRUSH Filed Dec. 12, 1951 2 SI-IEETS-SHEET 2 INVENTOR. WILLIAM HERTZBERG By WMY'M ai'romvaxs Patented Nov. 11, 1952 COMBINATION COMB AND BRUSH William Hertzberg, New York, N. Y., assignor to H. Herlzzberg & Son, Inc., New York, N. Y.,, a

corporation of New York Application December 12, 1951, Serial No.'261,289

My 'mven tion relatesto' a new and improved combination comb and brush.

'Stich' combination articles 'havebe'en and are being extensively sold. Hitherto, the brush part of such device has consisted of two separate brush elements, each of which has been detachably connected to the body of the comb by various snap devices. Such devices have been expensive to manufacture, and the hold of the brush elements on the body of the comb was not secure.

According to my invention, I provide a greatly improveddevice' which can be made and assembled a't'l'ow' cost and whereby a single brush is provided, which is securely fastened to the body of the comb. I

Other objects and advantages and features of my invention are set forth in the annexed de sbription and drawings, which illustrate a preferred' embodiment thereof.

Fig. f1 a front elevation which shows the brush in its original manufactured form;

'Fig. 2 is an elevation which shows how the brush "has been bent into the shape in which it is assembled with the comb-body;

Fig. 3 is an elevation which shows the improved comb-body and the bent brush element o flfig. 2,;

Fig. 4 is ,a section on the line 4-4 of'fFig. 3;

'FigQfi is an enlarged elevation, showing the comb and a single brush element;

Kig li is a bottom plan view at the bottom of ig. 5-; v

"Fig.1? is a section on the line l'-l ofFig. '5; and

Fig.8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. '5. The brush or brush element B which i shown in Fig; 1 comprises a bendable and resilient core I which is made of twisted wire W or other suitable material. The bristles 2 of the brush are fiiie'd in the usual manner to this core I.

The core l has a blank space 3 intermediate its ends. This space *3 Jisfree from bristles.

Fig. 2 shows how the core I .has been bent so asto providecore legs la and lb. These core legs la and lb are preferably similarly inclinedto each other, at any selected angle. This angle may be 5 degrees. In such position, the clumps of the bristles 2 of the respective legs la and lb are in staggered intersecting relation so that the bristles 2 of each leg abut the other leg of the core. These bristles have suflicient stiffness and resilience to maintain the core legs la and lb slightly inclined to each other. The material of the core has sufi'icient resilience so that the core legs la and lb are normally maintained in the position of Fig. 2. If these core legs are moved away from I of'Fig. 2.

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each other, they spring back to their positions- The comb C has a handle 4 and a body 5Q This body 5 has a head 6, which has bottom walls I and 8, which are inclined :to each other,-as shown in Fig. 8. Above said bottom walls land 8, the head -6 may have any desired shape. At its front end, the body 5 is provided with an integral depending lug or projection 9, and a groove G is provided at the front of the body 5, and also at the sides of the front part of the body 5, between said head 6 and said lug or extension 9. r The teeth T are integral with the body of the comb, and the entire comb may be molded from any: suitable plastic, as one integral member.

At the junction between the body 5 and the-f handle 4, comb C is provided with a'lateral lug-l0,

which has longitudinal perforations H and lid? In order to assemble the brush orbrush element of Fig. 2 with the body of the comb, the ends of the legs la and lb are passed throughthe per-3 forations ll and Ila, and the bare or blank core portion 3 is seated in the groove G at the front of the comb-body 5, and also at the side or longitudinal portions of the groove G.

This can ,be done easily by pushing the bent brush element of 2rearwardly upon the body 5 while spreading apart the legs la and lb,- if necessary, until the .bare ends of the legs la and lb extend through the perforations H and ll a of the comb.

Fig. '7 and Fig. 8 show the individual metal wires W which are inter-twisted in order to foi'in core I. The reduced shape .of the bottom portion of the head 6, which results from the inclination of the walls .1 and 8 to each other, aids in preventing the assembled brush element from springing upwardly relative to the head '6. If the bent brush element of Fig.2 is partially assembled with the comb-body, by merely inserting the blank.

space 3 into the groove G, the core legs la and lb are thus diverged from each other by a substantial angle, because the resilient bristles 2 then abut the body of the comb and thus spring the core legs la and lb away from each other. Therefore, in order to insert the bare ends of the core legs la and lb into the perforations II and Ho, it is necessary to force said bare ends la and lb toward each other in order to pass them through the holes H and Ila. Hence, in the assembled device, the resilient bristles 2 which abut the body of the comb, are under resilient fiexure and tend to diverge the core legs Ia and ID from their assembled position so that these bare ends of the legs Ia and lb are firmly pressed against the lateral outer portions of the Walls of the perforations II and llct.

Some of these flexed bristles abut the reduced bottom portion of the head 6, thus aiding in progidirilg a firm assembly between the comb and rus Also, in the assembled device, some inner resilient bristles 2 are forced through the spaces between the teeth T, and these inner resilient bristles are arranged in staggered and intersecting relation, as clearly shown in Figs. '7 and 8. Some of the bristles, therefore, grip the comb at the under side of its head and between its teeth.

I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, but numerous changes and omissions and additions can be made without departing from its scope.

I claim:

1. A brush comprising a body portion and a bristle portion, said body portion including a head which is provided with teeth, said head having a front transverse groove having a longitudinalrearward groove-extension at each side of said head, the rear end of said head having a pair of transversely-spaced longitudinal holes, said bristle portion comprising a core, said core having a front transverse core-portion and longitudinal core-legs, said front core-portion and the front end-portions of said legs being free from brush-bristles, said core-legs having bristles fixed thereto up to rear end portions of said legs which are free from brush-bristles, said front transverse core-portion and said front end-portions of said legs being respectively located in said front transverse groove and in said groove-extensions, said rear-end portions extending through said longitudinal holes, some of the bristles on each side of said head extending under said head and through the spaces between said teeth and to the other side of said head, other bristles on each side of said head abutting the respective adjacent side of said head.

2. A brush comprising a body portion and a bristle portion, said body portion including a head which is provided with teeth, said head having a front transverse groove which has a longitudinal rearward groove-extension at each side of said head, the rear end of said head having a pair of transversely-spaced longitudinal holes, said bristle portion comprising a core of continuous resilient and bendable material bent approximately at its center into a substantial U- shape to define a front transverse core-portion and a pair of longitudinal core-legs, each of said core-legs bearing brush-bristles, the front trans verse core-portion and the front end of the corelegs being free of bristles, said bristle portion being mounted on said body portion with the front transverse core-portion and front end-portion of said legs respectively located in said front transverse groove and in said groove-extensions, the rear free end-portions of said corelegs being also free of bristles and extending through said longitudinal holes, some of the bristles on each side of said head extending under said head and through the spaces between said teeth and to the other side of said head, other bristles on each side of said head abutting the respective adjacent side of said head and resiliently urging said core-legs transversely away from each other sufficiently to lock rear endportions of said core-legs in said longitudinal holes.

3. A brush comprising a body portion and a bristle portion, said body portion having a head whichis provided with depending teeth, said head having a front depending lug which contains a transverse groove which has a. longitudinal rearward groove extension at each side of said lug, and a rear depending lug which contains a pair of transversely-spaced longitudinal holes, said head also having a pair of downwardly and inwardly inclined bottom walls which extend between said lugs, 'said' bristle portion comprising a core of continuous resilient and bendable material bent approximately at its center into a substantial U-shape to define a front transverse core-portion and a pair of longitudinal core-legs, each of said core-legs bearing brush bristles, the front transverse core-portion and the front ends of said core-legs being free of bristles, said bristle portion being mounted on said body portion with the front transverse coreportion and front end-portion of said legs re spectively located in the front transverse groove and in the groove-extensions of said front depending lug, the rear free end-portions of said core-legs being also free of bristles and extending through said longitudinal holes, the corelegs extending along the inclined bottom walls of said head, some of the bristles on each side of said head extending under said head and through the spaces between said teeth and to the other side of said head, other bristles on each side of said head abutting the respective adjacent side of said head and resiliently urging said core-legs transversely away from each other sufficiently to lock rear end-portions of said corelegs in said longitudinal holes.

4. A brush according to claim 3 in which the bristles are mounted on said core in helical arrangement, the bristles on one of said core-legs being arranged in staggered intersecting relation to the bristles on the other core-leg.

5. A brush according to claim 3 in which the body portion is provided with a handle which is integral with said head and extends longitudinally rearward from said head.

WILLIAM HERTZBER-G.

REFERENCES. CITED The following referencesare of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,194,484 Segal Mar. 26, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 514,276 Great Britain Nov. 3, 1939 

